We have been busy trying to understand the world of tying fishing flies.
Absolutely fascinating and beautiful final products.
So far we have identified the flies below and the Pearsall’s Gossamer shades used.
We already have several of the Gossamer Silk shades in our range, have two more currently in production and are working to identify the exact shade required for the others.
Our aim is to have them all available from our stock supported range of Superfine Silks
| SHADE NAME | FLY NAME |
| Black 9 | All Black |
| Butcher Spider | |
| Chartreuse Bead Head Nymph | |
| Coot & Black | |
| Derby Red Beetle | |
| Gassworks Bridge Midge | |
| George Horner’s Midge | |
| Glo Bead Spider | |
| Hot Spot Spider | |
| Peacock & Black | |
| Peacock & Red | |
| Ramsbottom’s Favourite | |
| Silver Partridge | |
| Smoke Fly | |
| Tangerine Dream | |
| Treacle Parkin | |
| William’s Favourite | |
| Blue 6 | Wynn’s Iron Blue Dun |
| Blue 7 | Little Blue Spider |
| Sagar’s Fancy | |
| Brown 17 | Brown Bustard |
| Stewart’s Black Spider | |
| Cardinal 12 | Blue Partridge |
| Copper King | |
| Grouse & Claret Nymph | |
| Old Joan | |
| Sandy Moor Game | |
| Stewart’s Black Spider | |
| Welsh Partridge | |
| Claret 191 | Claret Gold Rib |
| Quail & Claret | |
| Woodcock & Red Brassie | |
| Gold 6A | Brassie Bloa |
| Brown Moth | |
| Brown Shiner | |
| Cow Dung Fly | |
| Dottera Dun | |
| Grouse & Gold | |
| Hares Lug & Plover | |
| Harry Longlegs | |
| Light Sedge | |
| Orange Black | |
| Partridge & Orange | |
| Winter Brown | |
| Woodcock & Orange | |
| Dark Watchett | |
| Barlow’s Midge | |
| Cock Up | |
| Devil Crook | |
| Gravel Bed | |
| Little Blue Spider | |
| Old Master | |
| Stone Midge | |
| The Old Man | |
| Yorkshire Blue Upright | |
| Highland Green 18 (Emerald) | Black Snipe |
| Brahma & Green | |
| Green & Yellow Bloa | |
| Green Drake | |
| Green Owl | |
| Greensleeves | |
| Grouse & Green | |
| Napper Tandy | |
| The John Storey | |
| Woodcock & Emerald | |
| Hot Orange 19 | Cock of the North |
| Dark Snipe & Orange | |
| Gold Spider | |
| Old Charlie | |
| Silver March Brown | |
| Water Cricket | |
| Lemon Yellow 5 | Jack Carr |
| Olive Green 16 | Horsehair Olive Spider |
| Brassie Midge | |
| Rough Olive | |
| Orange 6A | Connemara Gold |
| March Brown | |
| Pheasant Tail Spider | |
| Snipe & Green | |
| Wynn’s Iron Blue Dun | |
| Dark Spanish Needle | |
| Ginger | |
| Purple 8 | Brazzle Fly |
| Dark Watchett | |
| Fog Black | |
| Harding’s Fancy | |
| Partridge & Purple | |
| Purple Gold Palmer | |
| Purple Henthorn Spider | |
| Snipe & Purple | |
| Salmonberry | Glass Bead Grayling Spider |
| Harding’s Fancy | |
| Pink Spider | |
| Violet Midge | |
| Scarlet 11A | Barm Dun |
| Black with Red | |
| Bracken Clock | |
| Copper Bead Endrick Spider | |
| Copper Wire Dun | |
| Dark Bloa | |
| Gold Rib Hares Ear Spider (GRHE) | |
| Great Red Palmer | |
| Iron Blue Dun Spider | |
| Jenny Spinner | |
| Kill Devil | |
| Light Spanish Needle | |
| Little Pheasant Tail | |
| March Brown Spider | |
| Orange Tag | |
| Peacock & Grouse | |
| Pendle Witch | |
| Red Bustard | |
| Red Possin Nymph | |
| Ribble Rouser | |
| Ruby Tuesday | |
| Skimming Midge | |
| Tups Spider | |
| Wards Fancy | |
| Woodcock & Gold | |
| Woodcock & Red | |
| Yellow 4 | Brown Owl |
| Damselfly Nymph | |
| Gold Bead GRHE | |
| Golden Olive Bumble | |
| Green & Yellow Bloa | |
| Greenwell Spider | |
| Grouse & Yellow | |
| Horsehair Olive Dun | |
| Howorth Yellow Spider | |
| July Blue Dun | |
| Oak Fly | |
| Olive Bloa | |
| Partridge & Ice Lace | |
| Poult Bloa | |
| Primrose Dun | |
| Red Clock | |
| Small Olive | |
| Snipe Bloa | |
| Waterhen Bloa | |
| Whirling Dun | |
| Woodcock & Yellow | |
| Yellow 5 | Turton’s Red Spider |
| Whistling Dun | |
| Yellow 7 | Heptagenia |
8 Comments. Leave new
Hi,
Would it be possible to buy box set of all the fly tying colours that you make?
Regards,
Mike Lewis
Hi Mike,
Thank you for your enquiry.
Yes, of course. In a couple of weeks we should have the full range available.
Kind regards
Paula
I’d be interested in a full Set too!
Could you email me a price please
Mrlbaker72@gmail.com
Thanks!
Lee
Hot orange and orange please. Fly tying. Similar to Gosammer.
Hi Phillip,
Thank you for your enquiry.
We have stock of Hot Orange 19 and it’s available to buy on the website.
Please could you give more details of the shade ‘orange’ as we don’t have a shade with that exact description.
Kind regards
Paula
Hi Guys I have now tied several flies with my recent order of Morus tying silks. The silk is, I think, a little finer than Pearsall’s and certainly finer than the 54 Dean St version , but it ties beautifully. The neatness and the finished results are excellent and where space is a premium the smooth texture aids considerably. My second order is on the way! Regards Graham
One of the most famous authors on fly tying, Dave Hughes, wrote a book called “Wet Flies, Second Edition”, which was published in 2015. He is considered one of the current “authorities” on tying traditional flies that use Pearsall’s Gossamer silk thread. In his book, he recommends that fly tiers start out buying the thread colors Yellow, Green, Orange, and Crimson Red. From some of the fly patterns in the book, one can deduce that the colors the author recommends refer to the Pearsall’s colors: Primrose(#3), Highlander Green(#18), Gold (#6A) or Sherry Spinner(#6B), and Crimson (#13). At least one of the patterns in “Wet Flies” also uses Purple(#8). Some of those Pearsalls colors are still available online for exorbitant prices. However, the mythical Sherry Spinner(#6B) is highly sought after and unavailable.
If you were to make available the six colors: Primrose(#3), Highlander Green(#18), Gold (#6A), Sherry Spinner(#6B), Crimson (#13), and Purple(#8), you would cover about 75% of fly tier’s needs. The #6B would probably sell out quickly.
One of the most famous authors on fly tying, Dave Hughes, wrote a book called “Wet Flies, Second Edition”, which was published in 2015. He is considered one of the current “authorities” on tying traditional flies that use Pearsall’s Gossamer silk thread. In his book, he recommends that fly tiers start out buying the thread colors Yellow, Green, Orange, and Crimson Red. From some of the fly patterns in the book, one can deduce that the colors the author recommends refer to the Pearsall’s colors: Primrose(#3), Highlander Green(#18), Gold (#6A) or Sherry Spinner(#6B), and Crimson (#13). At least one of the patterns in “Wet Flies” also uses Purple(#8). Some of those Pearsalls colors are still available online for exorbitant prices. However, the mythical Sherry Spinner(#6B) is highly sought after and unavailable.
If you were to make available the six colors: Primrose(#3), Highlander Green(#18), Gold (#6A), Sherry Spinner(#6B), Crimson (#13), and Purple(#8), you would cover about 75% of fly tier’s needs. The #6B would probably sell out quickly.
The color “Hot Orange” mentioned in a previous comment is Pearsall’s #19.